West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-01-20

| the
OanNs On tnc Nile aud tho Niger n higher
| civilization than Is now 10 be fonnd
| ON the banks OF the Hudson then
| Christ viii divide up that continent
among MS friends. Wait until China which
Is half as large rs all Europe shall have ia
Veloped her capacities for rice. and tea. and
sugar, among bibles; and her amethyst and
| sapphire, and topaz, aud opal and iasper.
anu porphyry, among precious stones; and
nor rosewood, and ebony, aud camphor and
varnish trees among precious woods. and
| turned up from her depths a half dozen Penn.
! sylVanias OF coal and iron, and twenty Ne
Nada' OF silver and fifty CALIFORNIA; of cold
ana her five hundred million OF people shall
! up among the good
} IL my text be not deception. but the
| eternal truth, then the time is coming when
an me farms viii be owned by Christian
| farmers, aud all the commerce. CONTROLLED
| by christian merchants and all the authority
h-ld by Christian officials and all the sbins
Commanded by Christian captains aud mn
nv universities under the instruction OF
,hIlstlan professors: Christian kings Chris.
tlan presidents, Christian governors Chris
tlan mayors, Christian common council
het what securing OUT what an upturn
1 ing what n demolitionl what n resurrection
DO no. un1errate the enemy. Juiius Cesar
! got his greatest victories by fully estimating
IN Nastness oil MS foes and prepared his men
\ Tor their greatest triumph by saving: "To-
| morrow King Juba will be here with thirty
thousand horses, one hundroi thousand Skin
mlshers, and three hundred elephantsp I
10 not underrate the vast forces of Sin
ana Death; but do YOU know who com.
mands u.s. jehovah jreh. Aud the re-
serve corps behind us are all the armies
OF heaven and earth, with hurricane and
thundcrbolt, The good work OF the worlds
rele mp ION IS going on every minute Never
50 many splendid men and glorious women
on the side OF right a, to-day. Never so many
sood people as now. Diogenes has been
s.oSeh or as wise man because no went
win lantern at MONDAY, saying he WINS
boxing Tor an honest man II he had
turned his lantern toward himself he might
nave discovered crank Honest men by the
zen thousend' through the International
Series OF SundaY-school lessons the
next generation all through Christendon arc
gong u be wiser than any generation since
the world stood The kingdom is coming
GoI can do 1t, No housewife with n chamois
cloth ever polished n silver teasDOon with
more ease than Christ will rub off from this
world the tarnish. and brighten it up till il
giowS like heaven, and then the glorious an.
Portionment, for my tevt is reinforced by a
score OF other texts, when it saws of Christ.
lie shall divide the spoil with the stronc, -
but you say, that is pleasant TO think
OF Tor others, but before that time shall
Ih'e passed upinto another existence and
sndlI get no advantage from that new nm
port llnmcnt" All, you have Only driven me
10 Jhe other more exciting and trausportinp
consideration, aud that is that Christ is 90
1Ts % divide mp heaven in the anne way
There are oil estates in the celestial world
that have been in the possession Of
me inhabitants for thousands of years.
ana they shall remain as they
are. There are. old family mansions
I'm heaven filed with whole generations of
klndred. and they shall never be driven ont
Many OF tn, victors from earth have already
got their palaces, AMI they are pointed ont
20 thoSe newly arrived Soon after our get
JihS there we will ask to be shown the Apos-
tolic residences, and ask where doe, Paul
i've, and John, and shown the patriarchnl
residences, and shall say: Where does
Abraham live. or Jacob!n and shown the
martyr residences aud say: Where does
John Hu,s live, and Ridleyp We will want
70 see the boulovardS where the chariots
OF conguerorS roll. / will want To "a,
the garden where the princes walk. We
VIII want TO sec Music Row where Handel
ana Haydn, aud Mozart and Charles Wes-
ley, and Thomas Ha ,tings, and Bradbury
nave their homes out Of their windows ever
AMI anon, rolling some snatch OF anearthIy
oratOrin or HYMN TRANSPORTED with the COM
poser We Will want t. see Revival Terrace,
where w hiteiel1 and Nettleton and Paysnn,
a'd Rowland Hill, and Charles Finney, and
other giants OF soulreaping are resting from
thelr almost supernatural labOrs their doors
thronged with converts lust arrived coming
to report themselves.
But brilliant the sunset, and like tho
leaves Tor number, are the celestial homeS
yet u be awarded when Christ IN Won an,T
millions OF others, shall divide the snoiI
w nat do you want there You shall have n
An orchard There it is: twelve mauner OF
fruits, aud fruit every month. DO you want
river scenery Take your choica ON tho
tanks OF the river, in longer, wider. deeuer
roll than Danube, or Amazon, or Mi ais
sippi II mingled in one. and emptying into
the sea OF glass, mingled with fire. DO
you want your kindreI bae', again3
TO out aud meet your father md tD9thar
without the staff or the Stoou, and yofFr chill
Iien IN dance Of immortal glee d., Won
want throne' Select it from the million
burni shed elevations. Do you want a CROWN
Pick n out Of that mountain OF diamonded
coronet5 DO you want your old churth
friends OF earth around youl BEGIN To ht.ur
an old revival tune and they will flock from
all quarters 20 revel with yoa in sacrsd rsn,i-
MS ence All the earth for those who ara
here on earth at the time OF continental ana
planetary distribution, and all the heavens
for hose who are there
mat heavenly distribution OF SPOTS will be
a surprise to many. Here enters saven the
soul OF man who took up great deal OF
room IN the church on earth but sacrificed
little, aud among his good works seldshness
was evident He just crowds through the
shining gate but its a very tight sluseze so
That the doorkeeper has 70 pull bard 10 get
him no, and this man expects half OF heaven
Tor MS share Of trophies aud h3 would like
A monopoly Of all its splendor md 70
purchase lots in the suburbs so that he
could get advantage OF the growth OF
The city. Well little by little grace OF
neaiJ Just enough 60 get him through ana
~ him ls given 70 Sc Ond hand crown which
one OF the saints wore az the start but ex-
hanged for bri yhter one as he went on
from glory 20 glory. And he is put i'm an old
1pusc ON occupied by an angel who was
hurled out Of Heaven at the time Of Satan's
rebellion
Right after him comes n soul that makes
great stir among tho cclestiais and the
. angels rush to The scene each bringing 10 her
a dazHuE c1ronet Who Bis shet Over what
realm ou earth was she queen In what great
dusseldorf festival was she tho Cautatricel
Neither. She was an invalid who never left
Der room for twenty wears but she was
UronE 200 prayer and she prayed down 30.
fIFaI after revival. and TeuteC0st after rem
p ~ ur1n The churches aud with her
p1le hands She knit many n mitton or
hprot lo- Tho poor. aud with her
s.ut.ifnurei sns added joy 90 many
holiday festival. nd now with those thin
.1Hd ~ strong Tor kindness md with those
white 'i0s s0 strong for duplication she has
son .nrDrat ou. and environment and iuh'
lao. AMI Christ says 10 the angels yvbo
nave brought each "a crown for tho RI0rihes
invalid. H1 not these. they IRE not good
eIpI th 3It Iu fls IeHc.ci vase at the
tts5 hauI side ot uy throne there b. one
L1Aa nave been preparing for har many
IeHr anI ipr Der every paug ] have set IN
amethyst and Tor her every good deed L
have aat % pearl Fetch o now and fulfill
ils promise 3 gave her long ago in the sick
room. .ba tIIu i1itHflI unto death. and ]
vii. give thee "a crown '
Blt notice that there BE- only one being I'm
'I. universe VINO can aud will distribute the